We have two packages available for this event designed to help you meet your target market; a headline sponsor option and an exhibitor package. For more details on each package please see the booking forms; exhibitor package and sponsorship package.

To book simply complete the booking form and fax it back to Claire Clinton on 01273 232179.

For more information please contact:
Claire Clinton on + 44 (0)1273 231291 or email Claire@headstar.com

 

Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking that transforms how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Today, networks are an essential part of business, education, government and home communications, and Cisco Internet Protocol-based (IP) networking solutions are the foundation of these networks. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create Internet solutions that allow individuals, companies, and countries to increase productivity, improve customer satisfaction, strengthen communities and lift competitive advantage. The Cisco name has become synonymous with the Internet, as well as with the productivity improvements that Internet business solutions provide. At Cisco, our vision is to change the way people work, live, play and learn.

Richard Allan, Director, Government Affairs UK
Tel: 0208 824 0639
Email: ricallan@cisco.com
Web: www.cisco.com

Capturing, contributing to and disseminating best practice advice on local e-democracy internationally, nationally and locally. The International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE) ICELE is a virtual Centre of Excellence, providing a focal point for advising and supporting local authorities and communities, to enhance participation in all parts of the democratic process. Local Authorities, community groups and citizens can use the Centre’s world leading online resources to help strengthen neighbourhoods and advance active citizenship. Governments, academic institutions and not-for-profit organisations can use the Centre’s virtual facilities as a first port of call for information about pioneering e-democracy initiatives.
t. 01543 308101
f. 01543 308103
w. www.icele.org

 

Prospect specialises in recruitment solutions for private and public sector information technology based organisations in the UK and internationally providing both permanent and project based personnel. With more than 20 years' experience, we have worked with clients on a very wide variety of projects and have developed relations with some of the most talented creative, business and technology professionals in the sector.

Recent assignments have been in the internet products and services, interactive television and wireless applications sectors. Clients have included leading corporates, venture capitalists, corporate venturing specialists, government departments and management consultancies.

James Plummer
Tel: 0207 439 1919
Email: james@prospectmsl.com
Web: www.prospectmsl.com

 

Clarke Mulder Purdie is a corporate communications, B2B and reputation management consultancy that develops and delivers creative, high-impact media relations and thought leadership programmes for start-up companies to blue-chip brands. Fulfilling the potential of great ideas is what makes us different. Being well connected to the issues facing our clients allows us to develop communications strategies that deliver excellent results. We work with organisations across a range of sectors such as technology and telecoms, construction and built environment, transport and the public sector.

Chris Clarke
Tel: 0207 401 8001
Email: cclarke@cmpcommunications.com
Web: www.cmpcommunications.com

 

Delib is the UK's leading e-democracy company, supplying products and services to over 150 local, regional, national and international governmental organisations, as well as to charities and the third sector.

Delib works primarily in the fields of e-consultation, e-engagement and social software, bringing our expertise to issues such as policy setting, electoral participation, public finance, planning, healthcare provision and the environment.

Clients include Defra, Department of Communities, Home Office, LFEPA, Electoral Commission, the BBC and the European Commission, as well as over 100 UK Local Authorities.

As an organisation we believe in the value of getting individuals and organisations thinking, talking and acting together. We believe that small, intelligent actions can lead to an improved civic society and revitalised democracy.

For more information visit www.delib.co.uk or email info@delib.co.uk

 

- EASING PARTICIPATION IN LEGISLATIVE PROCESSES

The implementation of European legislation at regional and local level has a major impact on citizens' lives, but few are aware or participate in the local implementation of such legislation. LEGESE will address this by providing a service that is useful to the Public Authorities and engaging to citizens.

LEGESE (www.legese.org) is an 18 month eParticipation Action project that will pilot trial a new service to encourage easy communication and information exchange for effective public participation in the legislation implementation phase of European initiated legislation at the local and regional levels that are most directly relevant to most citizens' lives. LEGESE will provide easy access to and understanding of the huge body of EU legislation that is the source and driver of much legislation that is implemented at National and Regional level throughout Europe.

The LEGESE service will run on the established eParticipate Public-I platform that centres on multimedia webcasting supported by contextual information and feedback facilities, providing easily accessible legislative documents using the innovative 602 XML forms system, learning citizen-participation best-practice from the experience of the award-winning Bristol Council e-Petitioner system and building directly on the very successful eTEN eParticipate project and experience. The LEGESE service will be easy to use, technically open and standardised to interface with existing and future eGovernment systems. The service will be trialed for 9 months in 3 regions with very diverse local legislative implementation contexts in the Czech Republic, France and the UK.

As a web-based service, LEGESE will complement and enhance at a regional level the European Parliament's own EPLive webcasting service and EPTV web television channel, and provide future potential functional and citizen-centered e-participation enhancements to those services.

 

Limehouse Software is the only company to offer a single solution that enables document-centric collaboration for the development of policies and strategies and multi-channel publishing capabilities with an integrated end-to-end enterprise consultation system, as a hosted software solution. Through this unique offering, Limehouse customers have been able to unify information to produce and publish thousands of policy and strategy documents, multi-channel consultations, and information portals. Founded in 2002, Limehouse Software boasts over 250 customers, its software solutions are a key part of public and private sector communications across the UK and US. To find out more visit www.limehousesoftware.co.uk.

 

The LB Redbridge's new state of the art website offers a level of personalisation, not yet available on any other public sector site. The site will assist the council in extending democratic engagement across the borough. Using sophisticated postcode analysis and interactive mapping, the site offers residents and visitors unparalleled access to local information and services, 24 hours a day. With system-generated recommendations and a modular structure, the site also helps to promote awareness to a host of other related services and activities. Home page customisation means that the site should always reflect the users needs and interests. The site boasts the very latest interactive features. From discussion forums and blogs, through to online consultation, it provides new opportunities for the council to engage with and involve residents in decision-making.

 

SCREENREADER.NET CIC - MAKING IT EASY FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE AND THOSE SUPPORTING THEM

Even if your website is totally accessible to people with sight problems, few visually impaired people can afford the traditional screenreader software. Screenreader.net is a social enterprise and we deliver Thunder, a free talking screenreader software package to all visually impaired people Not only that, but we will work with you to make sure your public really can get your messages. E-Democracy is much more than voting.

Its all about free access to information and not having to pay £700 plus as a disability charge for the privelege of social inclusion.

The Hansard Society is the UK’s leading independent, non-partisan political research and education charity. We aim to strengthen parliamentary democracy and encourage greater public involvement in politics.

Our work is based on the belief that an effective parliamentary system is central to a successful democracy. At the heart of our work is the principle that civic society is most effective when its citizens are connected with the institutions and individuals who represent them in the democratic process. For more information about the Hansard Society and its programmes of work, visit www.hansardsociety.org.uk.

Ross Ferguson
Tel: 020 7438 1222
Email: R.A.Ferguson@hansard.lse.ac.uk
web: www.hansardsociety.org.uk